们
JLPT HSK 1

men
Left: person 亻, right: gate 门/門
(A single door is not enough.) For the persons you need a gate, if they are many.

	门
JLPT HSK 2

mén
This character was simplified from 門
Image of a gate

	间
JLPT HSK 2

jiān, jiàn
Outside: gate 门/門, inside: sun 日
The gate 門 has two wings (with a gap) and the sun shines between.

	问
JLPT HSK 2

wèn
Outside: gate 门/門, below: mouth 口
The mouth at the gate is asking.

	简
JLPT HSK 3

jiǎn
Top: bamboo 竹, below: gap/space 间/間 (The sun 日 shines though the gate 门/門 due to a gap.)
(With a fence, it is time-consuming to cut the elements to fit precisely and without gaps). If you build bamboo on a gap (= with spaces in between), you make it very simple.

	闻
JLPT HSK 3

wén
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: ear 耳
You put your ear to the gate to hear and smell.

	闹
JLPT HSK 4

nào
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: city, market 市 (You will get covers 亠 and cloth 巾 in the city on the market.)
Inside the gates of the city: it is noisy.

	阅
JLPT HSK 4

yuè
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: money transfer 兑 (Going out 丷 from my elder brother 兄 money transactions take place.) [brother 兄 = big mouth 口 on legs 儿]
At the gate you need to pay and are inspected. OR: At the gate 门 my older brother 兄 has to raise his arms 丷 and is inspected.

	闭
JLPT HSK 5

bì
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: talent/years of age 才 (If the big man 大 balances on one foot, he is talented, but here: he kicks) [Or: key ノ in a keyhole ナ]
The person kicks against the gate, because it is closed.

	润
JLPT HSK 5

rùn
Left: water 氵, right: 闰 (gate 门/門 and king 王)
With water the gate of the king became smooth and lubricated.

	闲
JLPT HSK 5

xián
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: tree 木
Through the gate out to the trees, when you are at leisure.

	闯
JLPT HSK 5

chuǎng
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: horse 马/馬
Through the gate the horses are dashing away.

	闪
JLPT HSK 5

shǎn
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: person 人
When the person (jumped) through the gate, it happened quickly like a flash, and he sprained.

	闷
JLPT HSK 6

mēn, mèn
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: heart 心
The gate limits the heart: That's stuffy and you get depressed.

	阐
JLPT HSK 6

chǎn
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: single, merely 单 (It shines 丷 the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [with nine planets, including Pluto] as the single one.)
The reason why he was at the gate as a single, he had to disclose (to the guard).

	搁
JLPT HSK 6

gē
Left: hand 扌, right: pavilion 阁 (Behind the gate 门 everybody 各 has his pavilion.)
By hand they direct you in the pavilion to: your place.

	阔
JLPT HSK 6

kuò
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: life, activity 活 (= water 氵on the tongue 舌)
When I leave out of the gate, I get activity in a rich vast way.

	阂
JLPT HSK 6

hé
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: (zodiac) pig 亥
If the pigs are within the gate, they form an obstruction.

	阀
JLPT no HSK

fá
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: to cut down, fell 伐 (A person 亻with a halberd 戈 is cutting down.)
It's like a gate with a guarding person (person with a halberd): the valve.

	澜
JLPT no HSK

lán
Left: water 氵, right: railing, balustrade 阑 (At the gate 门/門 is made of wood 木 with handles 日: a railing)
The water at the balustrade is: a swelling water.

	阎
JLPT no HSK

yán
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pit trap 臼, but here: 臼 as a lane with houses on both sides E 彐)
Through this gate the person comes to the residential street: The entrance gate.

	悯
JLPT no HSK

mǐn
Left: feeling 忄, right: 闵 (gate 门/門, text/language 文)
(He is in the pillory) The feeling when his name is on the gate is to: sympathize.

	娴
JLPT no HSK

xián
Left: woman 女, right: leasure, free time 闲 (Through the gate 门/門 out to the trees 木, when you are at leisure)
(With experience, the work goes faster) If the woman wants free time, she has to be skilled.

	闸
JLPT no HSK

zhá
Outside: gate 门/門, inside: armor, shield 甲 (The seedling丨 cracks its shell/husk 田)
(It can be open or closed) The gate is like a switchable shielding, switchable just like: the gear of a gearbox.

	闽
JLPT no HSK

mǐn
Outside: gate 门/門, inside: insect 虫
An insect at the gate stands for the Fujian-province.

	闺
JLPT no HSK

guī
Outside: gate 门/門, inside: piled earth 圭 (Together with person 亻/人 this means: 'beautiful' 佳 (The person strutting 行 on the mounded street 街 is beautiful 佳)
Behind the gate is for the 'beautiful', the: lady's chamber.

	阙
JLPT no HSK

quē, què
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: disobedient 屰 (A plant's 艹 shoot 屮 that grows crooked has a lack 欠 and is disobediant.)
(The door is stuck) The gate is 'disobedient': It has a fault.

	闵
JLPT no HSK

mǐn
Outside: gate 门/門, inside: text/language 文
At the gate a text at family: Min.

	阑
JLPT no HSK

lán
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: card, letter 柬 (The bundle 束 with two wrapped items 丷 as a: notice or letter.), but here: tree 木 with central handles 日
At the gate is made of wood with handles: a railing.

	阉
JLPT no HSK

yān
Outside: gate 门/門, inside: suddenly 奄 (i.e. a lightning stroke: The big 大 electricity 电 comes suddenly.) [electricity 电 = field 田 with lightning arrester 乚]
(Electric pasture fence? - When climbing over:) the gate, the big electricity made him: a castrate.

	阁
JLPT no HSK

gé
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)
Behind the gate everybody has a pavilion.

	榈
JLPT no HSK

lǘ
Left: tree 木, right: 闾 (gate 门/門 und pitchpipe 吕 here: 2 jujube/dates)
The tree at the gate with the 2 jujubes: The palm.

	斓
JLPT no HSK

lán
Left: Variation of text/language 文, right: railing, balustrade 阑 (At the gate 门/門 is made of wood 木 with handles 日: a railing.)
The texts at the gate in the east 东/東 are colorful and gorgeous.